Censorware and Legislators (Score 1)

"That knowledge is worth nothing at meetings like these. Nobody cares how the software works. Nobody is interested in terms like keyword blocking, overbroad blocking or underblocking, nor even information on effectiveness or First Amendment legal issues. The issue will be decided purely on the basis of emotion. Gigabytes evaporate down to two bits of data: (1) there exists porn; (2) filters block porn. There seems to be nothing more that anyone wants to know." Someone may have already mention this (I don't have the time to read all the comments) but this is pretty much what happen in Australia. They said they were introducing censorship legislation and mentioned packages, the people who knew what they were talking about jumped up and down and told them why not and they said "We're protecting the children". End of story. *sigh* Nevryn.